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Webster 1913 Edition

Acraze

{

A-crase′

,

A-craze′

}
,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
a-
+
crase
; or cf. F.
écraser
to crush. See
Crase
,
Craze
.]
1.
To craze.
[Obs.]
Grafton.
2.
To impair; to destroy.
[Obs.]
Hacket.

Webster 1828 Edition

Acraze

ACRA'ZE

,
1.
To make crazy; to infatuate. [Not in use.] [See Crazy.]
2.
To impair; to destroy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

acraze

acraze

English

Alternative forms

  • acrase

Verb

acraze ‎(third-person singular simple present acrazes, present participle acrazing, simple past and past participle acrazed)

  1. (transitive) To weaken, impair, or enfeeble in mind, body, or estate; craze.

References

  • acraze in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From French acraser ‎(“to break, burst, craze, bruise, crush”), same as écraser ‎(“to squash”), from Middle French ecraser ‎(“to squash”), from Middle English crasen ‎(“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa ‎(“to shatter”). More at craze.

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